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2Th 3:8 — Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

eat		2Th 3:12; Pro 31:27; Mat 6:11
but		Act 18:3; Act 20:34; 1Cr 4:12; 2Cr 11:9; 1Th 4:11
night		1Th 2:9

Correlating Passages

eat

	2Th 3:12	Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
	Pro 31:27	She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.
	Mat 6:11	Give us this day our daily bread.

but

	Act 18:3	And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
	Act 20:34	Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
	1Cr 4:12	And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
	2Cr 11:9	And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and [so] will I keep [myself].
	1Th 4:11	And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

night

1Th 2:9

For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Thessalonians 3:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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